Published: November 30, 2009
Mkandawire granted bail, Mzuzu erupts as crowds demonstrate |
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Harry Mkandawire, a critic of President Bingu wa Mutharika who was arrested last Friday on allegations that he was inciting violence and using insulting language against the president has been released on bail A judge at Mzuzu High Court ordered that he be released on bail with a cash K300,00 bond and two sureties each [...]
Published: November 30, 2009
Goodall says local govt elections to be held in 2010 |
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Minister of Local Government, Goodall Gondwe has disclosed that Malawi will hold local government elections before the end of the 2010. The minster disclosed in statement he made in parliament on Monday (November 30). According to Gondwe, the elections will take place any month before the end of the year 2010, saying there are a [...]
Published: November 30, 2009
Finance minister makes statement in parliament on Kayereka uranium |
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Malawi Minister of Finance, Ken Kandodo has told parliament Kayelekera uranium exemplifies the government’s desire to diversify the economic base of the country since the country has been dependent on agriculture for foreign exchange earnings and economic growth. Kandodo explained in the House the fiscal regime under which the Kayelekera Mining Project is operating which [...]
Published: November 30, 2009
Malawi receive K26.3 million Irish aid to finance household survey |
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Malawi and Ireland on Monday signed an agreement that would see Irish Aid providing financial assistance to the National Statistical Office (NSO) amounting to €120,000 (approximately K26.3 million). Minister of Finance, Ken Kandodo (pictured) and Ambassador of Ireland to Malawi, Liam MacGabhann signed the Bilateral Aid Agreement on behalf of their respective Governments in Lilongwe. [...]
Published: November 30, 2009
Chanco MCP wing forms movement with ‘different approach’ for leadership change |
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Opposition MCP wing at Chancellor College has formed a ‘Mass Movement for Leadership Change’ in the party. President of MCP Chanco win, Franklin Chilomba communicated the development in a memo sent to party president John Tembo and also the task force for leadership change of Leader of Opposition, Ephraim Kayembe. “This movement aims at pushing [...]
Published: November 30, 2009
Mutharika blasts cabinet over DPP factions |
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President Bingu wa Mutharika angrily blasted cabinet ministers over the weekend regarding his own allegation that that they were operating in “camps” to reposition themselves for his expected 2014 successor of his presidency. Speaking during a party caucus, according to a senior cabinet minister from the north who attended the meeting, Mutharika is reported to [...]
Published: November 29, 2009
Tembo discloses MCP new president in the offing |
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Malawi Congress Party leader John Tembo on Sunday tore apart the task force that is advocating for the change of the party leadership accusing it of being used by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) disclosed that he will hand over to a new leader. When addressing his first ever rally after the May 19 polls, [...]
Published: November 29, 2009
Mpinganjira to release political book |
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Opposition politician Brown Mpinganjira says he is writing a political book which he will release soon to chronicle his political journey including the fight for multiparty democracy and how he found himself running mate to MCP’s John Tembo in the May elections. “There is a bigger picture that is coming. I am writing a book [...]
Published: November 29, 2009
Malawi a pariah in Commonwealth by govt electing opposition leader – JZU |
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Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president, John Tembo, has said Malawi is the only country in the Commonwealth and perhaps the entire democratic world to allow government to choose its Leader of Opposition in Parliament. Tembo was outmaneuvered when Malawi’s government dominated parliament changed the Standing Orders and procedures for electing a Leader of the Opposition, [...]
Published: November 29, 2009
TVM ordered to downplay news on Joyce BandaPresident Bingu wa Mutharika's runningmate Joyce Banda raises her index finger as symbol of the Democratic Progressive Party on May 14, 2009 in Lilongwe, during a campaign, for the upcoming elections. Malawi's constitutional court will, on May 15, rule on the eligibility of ex-president Bakili Muluzi to run for president for a third time in next week's elections. AFP PHOTO/ AMOS GUMULIRA (Photo credit should read AMOS GUMULIRA/AFP/Getty Images) |
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The ‘Big Kahuna’, President Bingu wa Mutharika, has ordered state television not to give prominence to news coverage of the Vice President, Right Hon Mrs. Joyce Banda, Nyasa Times has learnt. TVM sources said coverage on the Vice President who has been having numerous official engagements has been scaled down due to “orders from the [...]
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